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<br />February 1998 H-G Coal ]997Annual Reclamation Report ~ Page 1 <br />• 1.0 RULE 2.04.13 -ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT <br />In accordance with the requirements of Rule 2.04.13, the H-G Coal Company (HGCC) is filing <br />the 1997 Annual Reclamation Report for the Hayden Gulch Mine with the Colorado Division <br />of Minerals and Geology (DMG). Listed below are responses to Rule 2.04.13(1)(a) through <br />Rule 2.04.13(1)(f). <br />(a) The name and address of the permittee and permit number: <br />H-G Coal Company <br />1 Town Center <br />Boca Raton, FL 33486 <br />Permit No. C-80-003 <br />• (b) Location and number of acres disturbed during that yeaz: <br />There were no areas at the mine disturbed during 1997. The last significant <br />disturbance, of 1.6 acres, occurred in 1996 in conjunction with reclaiming former <br />sedimentation ponds 001 and 002. <br />• (c) Location and number of acres backfilled and graded during that year: <br />There was no areas backfilled and graded in 1997. <br />• • (d) Location and number of acres topsoiled during that year: <br />There were no areas topsoiled in 1997. <br />• (e) The species, location and number of acres of vegetation planted during that year, <br />including any augmented seeding or cultural practices: <br />A shrub count was conducted in May 1997 of the four shrub augmentation <br />planting aeeas plant during 1996. The count indicated that two of the areas, Pond <br />HG-8 South and Pazcel E did not contain the shrub density standazd criteria of <br />750 stems per acre. Consequently, supplemental planting occurred within chose <br />two areas during 1997 to restore the shrub density to greater than 750 stems per <br />acre. <br />(E) Location, number of acres and date of planting for all previously revegetated <br />areas: <br />Three different seed mixtures were used for revegetation purposes during the life <br />of the mine through 1987. The seed mixtures are listed in Exhibit 1, Reclamation <br />Seed Mixtures. The initial mixture, shown on Table E-1.1, was used from 1979 <br />to 1981 to seed a total of approximately 66 acres in the northern portion of the <br />mine area. The second mixture, shown in Table E-1.2, was used from 1981 to <br />• 1983 in the central portions of the mine area. Final reclamation, which included <br />Montgomery Wauan Americas, lnc. (dba TerraMatruJ <br />P.O. Bos 7740]8 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 "(970J 8796160 <br />w18)1\AnnW R0,\9l An.ru(Rq <br />]/l}i9/ry <br />